healing in ToR

hey all, my gf is looking to play ToR with me on release and she wants to be a healer, she wants something that feels like her pally, i recommended a bounty hunter healer but I'm not really sure what the feel is on them as i haven't played a healer in the game yet, any advice on a class i should steer her towards?

All healers are supposed to be balanced with each other but some designed to meet needs a bit more in certain areas.
From what we hear commandos make good tank healers cuz they have extra armor and mitigation, decent big heals and aoe heals. Consular held fairly straight forward like priest, and hits for agent.

All I know is that, based on dev comments I've read/interviews I've seen, the IA and Smuggler healer ACs are more based around HoTs whereas something like a Sage or Sorcerer is more of the direct heal type.